A few
times, friends have reported that their Facebook profiles had been removed or
suspended, allegedly because they had put some risqué photographs in their
profiles. They all swear the photos were not sexy at all, so I suppose,
Facebook's criteria for sexiness is rather strong.
Let me
rephrase, was rather strong.
After
reaching a threshold of 5000 friends, you can no longer add
"friends". FB changed what are considered friends (it
seems that every LIKE I had ever put on FB became a friend overnight, and they
are nowhere to be found), so I am no longer able to add people I do want to
add.
However,
I am able to subscribe to people.
Honestly,
I do not see any reason for subscribing to unknown, uninteresting people with
whom I will have no interaction. Actually, I don't see a reason to do it even
with people most folks find interesting, such as celebs, artists, athletes and
pols. For that, there is twitter, which I loath. For me Facebook is about
interacting, and if somebody is not interested (and will not receive) my
updates, I am not interested in theirs.
Call me
grumpy.
Notwithstanding
the fact that 80 people found "moi" to be interesting to subscribe to (wonder where
they got that idea), I have yet to "subscribe" to anybody.
Which
does not stop Facebook from suggesting tons of "people" for me to
subscribe to.
Just
for arguments` sake, I began to click on the profiles they were feeding me, to
see what Facebook was suggesting I subscribe to. And I was amazed.
Most of
the suggestions I am being fed are soft-porn profiles, which only obvious
"raison d'etre" is titillation, barely hidden pudenda on display. In
some cases, one can almost do gynecological examinations of the women
portrayed. Downright nudity is rare, however, silicon-boosted tits hang about all over the
place, strategically covered by an arm, and orgasmic faces are the norm. Shots
of derrieres clad in skimpy thongs are all over the place. Even worse. Some of
the bodacious "women" look extremely underage, so this might be very close to
underage pornography.
Some of
the profiles do contain suggestions to visit outside sites.
What
exactly has changed? How come FB was so strict about this issue, and now, not
only allows, but also promotes these profiles? Does the stock market floating
have anything to do with this?
I am
doing what I can, which is reporting as many of them as they are fed.
Whether
anything will be done, there remains a huge question mark.
By the
way, how about the no company profile regulation?
Why do
I bother?
We are
all equal, however, some seem more equal than others.
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